Scheduled Maintenance Notice

Please note that Researcher Profiles will be undergoing scheduled maintenance on Wednesday 7th Oct, from 8:00am to 9:00am. During this time, the Researcher Profiles system will be unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

Sustainable Panel Materials for the Built Environment

Novel sustainable panel materials based in underused local agricultural and forestry by-products, bonded with non toxic, and renewable resins.

These by-products have outstanding physical properties when compared with traditional particleboards. Mechanical properties are in average with traditional particle boards in the market. Formaldehyde emissions in all new panels are lower of what is expected in wood. The application area is proposed to be in high moisture environments in the built environment.

Image: Agricultural and forestry by-products panels